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News Notes – December 11
Cops seek car in Hub hit-and-run By Staff and wire reports/Boston Herald – December 11, 2010 Boston police yesterday asked the public to be on the lookout for the vehicle suspected in a hit-and-run that claimed the life of 24-year-old Andrew Prior of Boston, a recent Northeastern University graduate. Surveillance video shows a Hyundai Santa [...]
BU Bridge Closure – Starting Dec. 12
MassDOT crews will be working overnight on the Boston University Bridge, which carries traffic over the Charles River between Cambridge and Boston. Beginning Sunday, December 12, 2010 the bridge will be closed to all southbound (Cambridge-to-Boston) traffic Sunday to Friday from 8 PM to 5 AM for approximately two weeks. During the southbound closure, all Cambridge-to-Boston traffic [...]
News Notes – December 2
Amid outcry, council expels Turner – Talk of race, justice fills chamber By Andrew Ryan and Travis Andersen – Globe Staff / December 2, 2010 The Boston City Council voted overwhelmingly yesterday to throw Chuck Turner out of office because of his bribery conviction, an unprecedented rebuke after a racially charged hearing that elicited tears [...]
Snow Alerts from the City of Boston
City Councilor Mike Ross’s office forwarded this announcement to the Fenway News: Important Notice to Know Snow Subscribers: We will be retiring this email and text alert system in order to provide a more enhanced service. All users who want to continue receiving Know Snow messages from the City of Boston about snow emergencies, parking [...]
News Notes – November 29
Making pills passé – Researchers seek ways to send drugs precisely where they are needed, minus the side effects By Carolyn Y. Johnson – Globe Staff / November 29, 2010 Whether it’s a headache or a sore knee, a toothache or a strep throat, people are used to taking their medicine in pill form. But [...]
News Notes – October 25
Gridlock fouling up Boylston & Mass. By Christina Pazzanese – Globe Correspondent / October 25, 2010 With so many drivers trying to navigate Boston’s narrow city streets every day, reader Robert Hegarty wants to know why the city doesn’t take a more assertive stance on warning against traffic gridlock. “My reason for writing deals with [...]
News Notes – October 16
One desperate night – A man jumps off the Mass. Ave. bridge into a cold, choppy Charles River. In an instant, his best friend dives in after him. Theirs is a story of lives forever altered. By Neil Swidey – October 17, 2010 At 6-foot-5, he cut an imposing figure. But around the Watertown campus [...]
Roadway Advisory: Filming on Lansdowne Street , Tues, Oct 5, 12-4 pm
Next week, on Tuesday October 5, from 12:00 to 4:00 pm, Columbia Pictures will be filming on Lansdowne Street . MASCO has made arrangements with the production company to ensure that LMA shuttles will have access during filming. LMA shuttles will pull up to the barricade and the police officer will flag them through at [...]
Sunday Road Closures
The following announcement was sent in by a devoted reader: Area road closures on Sunday, Sept. 26 from 7 am to noon The Department of Conservation and Recreation (DCR) will close several roadways in Boston on Sunday, Sept. 26 to accommodate the thousands of riders expected for the Hub on Wheels charity bicycle ride through [...]
News Notes – September 24
Children’s Hospital gets help from Kohl’s Globe Staff – September 24, 2010 Children’s Hospital Boston said that the Kohl’s department store chain helped it raise $458,000 for a hospital program that seeks to reduce childhood obesity in the area’s lower income families. The donations were collected from Kohl’s stores in the Boston area, Children’s Hospital [...]
Print Edition: May 2012
